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18685 SR7 / RT441
Boca Raton, FL 33498
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Boca Raton Amateur Radio Association (BRARA)
P.O. Box 480162
Delray Beach, FL 33448-0162

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West Delray Beach County Park / Trijet Lane
10875 W Atlantic Ave
Delray Beach, FL 33446

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Usually meet Wednesdays and Saturdays 10am to 1pm.

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SCHEDULED EVENTS

PRESENTERS

EVENT	NAME	TOPIC
23-11	David Alperstein N4DOV	Mobile Radio
23-10	Michael Walker	Flexradio
23-09	None	General Discussion
23-08	Bob Naumann W5OV	Director of Operations ARRL
23-07	Sammy Hadi	NOAA
23-06	Lou Alfonso K4LA	Antarctic trip
23-05	Anthony Luscre K8ZT	Did They Get My Exchange (CW & Phone)
23-04	Stuart Gallant K3RZB	FT-8
23-03	Bruce Braun	Titanic CLICK ABOUT
23-02	Ed Fong WB6IQN QST Article	VHF-UHF Dual-Band J-Pole Ed's Antennas
23-01	Ken Dawson-Scully K8KDS	CLICK FOR APRS PDF CLICK FOR VIDEO
22-11	Bruce Baun W6SFG	Remote hams
22-10	Jim Harrison K6OUE	Living with a hydrogen fuel-cell car
22-09	Chris Blake NX4N	Mobile QSO party contesting
22-08	John W Holzapfel, II KE4IDW	Frying Pan Tower DxExpedition
22-07	Robert Molleda	NOAA Hurricane Outlook
22-06	Dave Borenstein KA2HTV	Remote Ham Radio
22-05	Rick Rosen K1DS	EME You can do it too
22-04	Tim Duffy K3LR	His super station origins
22-03	Patrick Bolan KJ7ZSU	Geochron 4k system for Hams
22-02	Morgan Bailey NJ8M	End fed antennas
22-01	Tim Duffy K3LR	The DX Engineering Story
21-11	Ria Jairam N2RJ	TBA
21-10	Less Kalmus W2LK	So Orkney expedition
21-09	Don Keith N4KC	Resonance / Smesinince
21-08	Seth Taylor KC2WE	Electric safety
21-07	Bruce KO4XL	3D printing
21-06	Rich Ladisky WB1J	Pandemic experience
21-05	Ed Callaway N4II	VOACAP

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ROOM	STATION	TRANSCIEVER	STATUS	COMMENTS	MANUAL
HF RM	STATION-1	IC-7600	Available	STEPPER, vertical, fan dipole	CLICK
HF RM	STATION-1	AL-82 amp	Available	1.5kW amp Repaired	CLICK
HF RM	STATION-2	OPEN	Available	No transceiver at this station
HF RM	STATION-3	IC-7600	Available	All modes, fan dipole	CLICK
UHF RM	STATION-4	IC-7300	Available	On Fan Dipole or disk cone	CLICK
UHF RM	STATION-5	IC-910	Available	On VHF/UHF beam, 100w amp	CLICK
UHF RM	STATION-6-A	FT-1000MP	Available	BSQ-terminated folded dipole	CLICK
UHF RM	STATION-6-B	IC-718	Available	BSQ-terminated folded dipole See John.C N1QFH FMI	CLICK
UHF RM	STATION-7	FT-897	Not Connected	Dedicated PC / SignaLink	CLICK

ANTENNAS

ANTENNAS	LOCATION	DESCRIPTION	STATUS	USED BY
SteppIR	HF Tower	3 element trombone, on rotor	Available	STATION-1 STATION-3
Vertical	Ground	50 ft	Available	STATION-1 STATION-3
Flagg	HF Tower	Receive Flag Antenna	Unavailable	STATION-1 STATION-3
6m Beam	HF Tower	6 elements	Available	STATION-1 STATION-3
Inverted L long wire	HF Tower	160m from HF tower to trees outside campus	Available	STATION-1 STATION-3
Disk Cone	UHF/VHF Tower	omnidirectional vertically polarized	Available	STATION-4
UHF/VHF Beam	UHF/VHF Tower	6 element beam	Available	STATION-5
Terminated Folded Dipole	UHF/VHF Tower	B-Square Engineering 124 ft	Available	STATION-6-A STATION-6-B
32 ft Fan dipole	On parameter fence	32 ft FDP, multiband capability	Available	STATION-4
64 ft Fan dipole	UHF/VHF Tower	64 ft FDP, multiband capability	Available	STATION-1 STATION-3
2m/70cm dual band vertical	Vertical pole secured to shack	5 ft dual-band vertical	Available	2M ANALOG RADIO 70CM DMR RADIO

NETS

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DAY	TIME	TYPE	FREQ	ORGANIZATION	DESCRIPTION
Monthly	11:00am	EcComm	145.29 / 110.9	BRARA	SIMPLEX EXERCISE
Daily	Anytime	DMR	TG-31362 TG-444 CB	NY METRO	NY DMR Metro
Daily	06.00pm	ANALOG	146.610	SEFTN	SEFL Traffic Net
Sun	05.00pm	DMR	TG-310	DMR	TAC-310 Net
Sun	07.30pm	ANALOG	147.285	WARC	SlowScan
Sun	07.00pm	DMR	TG-311037 SE FL	BRARA	SEFL DMR Tech CLICK FMI
Mon	07.00pm	ANALOG	145.290	BRARA	Voice Comm
Mon	07.30pm	ANALOG	145.290	BRARA	SE FL NBEMS
Mon	07.30pm	ANALOG	442.875+ CC1 TS2	BRARA TG-311037	BrainWaves
Mon	07.30pm	ANALOG	147.285	WARC	Emergency Net
Mon	07.30pm	ANALOG	146.550 Simplex	GCARC	Knights of Rd Table
Mon	08.00pm	DMR	TG-3106	CALF PAPA	PAPA Round Table
Tue	05.00pm	DMR	TG-3148	Texas	Texas Tech Net
Tue	07.00pm	ANALOG	470.400	CERT	CERT Plan A
Tue	07.00pm	ANALOG	146.670	WPBARG	AREC / WR4AKX
Tue	07.30pm	ANALOG	145.290	CERT	CERT Plan B
Tue	08.00pm	ANALOG	146.625	JTRG	Rag Chew Net
Tue	08.00pm	DMR	TG-3142	PA	PA Statewide
Tue	08.00pm	DMR	TG-3150	VT	VT Statewide CAN-TURBO
Tue	08.00pm	DMR	TG-31630	MA	North Star Digital
Tue	08.00pm	DMR	TG-31328	SNARS	SNARS Net
Tue	08.00pm	DMR	TG-3142	PA	PA Statewide Net
Tue	08.00pm	DMR	TG-3118	Indiana	DMR Indiana Statewide
Tue	09.00pm	ANALOG	444.850	KA4EPS	CO Astronomy
Tue	09.00pm	DMR	TG-31630	NY	DMR Hudson Valley Tech Net
Wed	05.15pm	ANALOG	147.225 444.650	CERT EOA SOUTH	PCB CERT NET USES CROSS BAND REPEATER
Wed	07.00pm	ANALOG	147.045	PWARC	PBC ARES
Wed	07.00pm	DMR	TG-3	DMR-MARC	NA Tech Brandmeister
Wed	07.30pm	ANALOG	147.285	WARC	Tech Net Analog
Wed	07.30pm	DMR	TG-9 TG-3149803	WARC after analog	Tech Net
Wed	08.30pm	DMR	TG-3139	OH	OH Statewide
Wed	09.00pm	DMR	TG-3	NA	NA Tech Net
Wed	10.00pm	DMR	TG-93	NA	NA Tech Net
Thu	07.00pm	ANALOG	146.610	GCARC	Fun Net
Thu	07.30pm	ANALOG	147.210	N4QRY	Cooper Net 2nd/4th Thur
Thu	08.20pm	DMR ANALOG	VAR FREQ	W4NQR.net	NotQwightRightNet
Fri	07.00pm	ANALOG	146.610	GCARC	BC Emer Prep
Fri	07.30pm	ANALOG	146.670	PWARC	SATERN Net POSTPONED
Fri	07.30pm	ANALOG	146.670	PWARC	Survival Net
Fri	08.00pm	DMR	TG-3147	TN	TN TDARG
Fri	08.30pm	DMR	TG-31665	DMRMaster TGIF_Network	TGIF Net
Sat	12.00pm	DMR	TG-1	DMR-MARC	WW Brandmeister
Sat	03.25pm	ANALOG	444.325	WARC	Scott Net
Sat	07.00pm	ANALOG	146.670	PWARC	Part 1 News / Info
Sat	07.30pm	ANALOG	146.670	PWARC	Part 2 TWIAR Played
Sat	08.00pm	DMR	TG-310035	GCARC	KnowItAllNet
Sat	09.00pm	DMR	TG-91	BMR	WW Net
Sun	07.30pm	DMR	TG-3119	Iowa Statewide	Iowa Statewide Net
Wed	05.30pm	DMR	TG-3148	Texas	Texas Statewide Net
Wed	08.00pm	DMR	TG-92	Europe	EU Net
Wed	08.30pm	DMR	TG-3139	Ohio	Ohio Statewide Net
Wed	08.00pm	DMR	TG-3	North America	NA Tech Net
Wed	09.00pm	DMR	TG-93	North America	NA Tech Net
Thu	05.00pm	DMR	TG-3121	Kentucky	Kentucky Net
Thu	05.00pm	DMR	TG-3154	West Virginia	West VA Service Net
Thu	07.00pm	DMR	TG-31063	NorCal	NorCal
Thu	07.00pm	DMR	TG-3105	Arkansas	Arkansas Net
Thu	07.30pm	DMR	TG-31089	Hytera	Hytera USA
Fri	09.00pm	DMR	TG-3147	Tenn	Tenn Statewide
Fri	08.30pm	DMR	TG-31665	FL	TGIF Net
Sat	09.00am	DMR	TG-91	Worldwide	BM Worldwide Net
Sat	11.00am	DMR	TG-1	Worldwide	DMR WW Net
Sat	06.00pm	DMR	TS-2 TG-2	GCARC	KnowItAll Net

REPEATERS

DESCRIPTION	TECH DETAILS	BAND	MODE	TYPE
BRARA N4BRF Boca Raton	145.29(-) PL 110.9	2m	VHF	ANALOG
BRARA N4BRF	826953	Node	IP	ECHOLINK
BRARA N4BRF Brandmeister	442.875(+) CC-1	70cm	UHF	DMR
BRARA N4BRF Brandmeister	TS-2 TG-311037	TG	IP	DMR
BRARA N4BRF	TS-2 TG-1 AND 9	TG	IP	DMR
BRARA N4BRF APRS Packet	144.390	2m	VHF	ANALOG
NR4P Boynton Beach CERT-EOA X-BAND	147.225(+) PL107.2 444.650(+) PL127.3	2m 70cm	VHF UHF	ANALOG
N4DES Boca Raton	442.000(+) CC-8	70cm	UHF	DMR
DMR Track TyNet	TG-31489	TG	IP	DMR
WPBARG WR4AKX	146.67(-) PL 110.9	2m	VHF	ANALOG
WPBARG AG4BV	444.325(+) PL 179.9	70cm	UHF	ANALOG
GCARC Brandmeister	TG-311037 BRARA TG-310035 GCARA	TG	IP	DMR
GCARC	443.3500(+) CC-11	70cm	UHF	DMR
GCARC Fision	442.20(+) PL 110.9	70cm	UHF	ANALOG
GCARC W4BUG	442.50(+) PL 110.9	70cm	UHF	ANALOG
GCARC W4BUG	146.61(-) PL 110.9	2m	VHF	ANALOG
GCARC W4BUG	146.82(-) PL 110.9	2m	VHF	ANALOG
GCARC Fision	145.34(-) PL 110.9	2m	VHF	ANALOG
K4WRC Wellington Brandmeister	TG-311037 BRARA TG-310035 GCARA TG-3149803 WARC	TG	IP	DMR
K4WRC Wellington	145.19(-) CC-2	2m	VHF	DMR
Palm West ARC	147.045(+) PL-110.9 443.975(+) PL-110.9	2m 70cm	VHF UHF	ANALOG
W4JUP Jupiter Tequesta RG	146.625(-) PL 110.9	2m	VHF	ANALOG
KA4EPS LakeWorth	444.85(+) PL 110.9	70cm	UHF	ANALOG
N4RQY Davie	147.21(+) PL OPEN	2m	VHF	ANALOG

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We honor the traditions of providing emergency communications to South Florida. BRARA has several NETS that operate in FM phone and digital modes. See the HOME page for scheduled days and times. The purpose of these NETS are to provide training for new Hams and share information.

Our Association is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes as defined within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Meetings and training presentations for the Boca Raton Amateur Radio Assoc. are held the 1st Tues of the month at the West Boca Library 7 P/M 18685 State Road 7 Boca Raton, FL USA.

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